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81
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69
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45
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42
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38
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35
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28
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28
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22
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18
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Maybe Baby
USA Films
MPAA RATING: R for sexual content and language
Starring
Hugh Laurie,
Joely Richardson,
Adrian Lester,
Rowan Atkinson,
and
Emma Thompson
A romantic comedy about Sam and Lucy, a loving married couple who seem to have it all -- good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The one thing they lack is what they really want -- a baby. (USA Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Ben Elton (also novel Inconceivable)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Ben Elton
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 9, 2002
Video: April 9, 2002
Theatrical: August 24, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
104 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK |

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80
New Times (L.A.)
Gregory Weinkauf
Maybe Baby is Elton's stab at romantic comedy, and it's a strong feature debut, spiffy, quick-witted and more than a little shocking in its unflinching acknowledgement of English people having sex.

70
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
A juggling act between high soap opera and low comedy, Maybe Baby manages to keep its pins in the air until very near the end.

70
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
A film we hereby proclaim the finest fertility comedy ever made, in the faint hope that another will not be attempted.

60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Atkinson's painfully unfunny turn as an insensitive gynecologist is eclipsed by Hollander's scathingly funny portrayal of belligerent auteur Proclaimer, whose wears his pretenses with such scabby aplomb that they achieve high style.

60
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Sabotages itself by trying too hard. The worst of it is that Maybe Baby feels very much like an Englishman's attempt to make a Nora Ephron movie, all warm and squishy in a decidedly American way.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are some light chuckles to be had, but considering its promising parentage, this is surprisingly soft stuff.

40
Los Angeles Times
Jan Stuart
This new romantic comedy from the U.K. lands on an emotional gold mine only to spin it into synthetic straw.

40
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
This one's all labor pains, and, in the end, nothing gets delivered.
30
Village Voice
Ed Park
Proves infertile in more ways than one.

30
Variety
Derek Elley
A wannabe romantic comedy with miscast leads and a script in desperate need of a good editor.

12
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
This would be a stultifyingly incestuous affair even if all the jokes about fertilization weren't so tiresomely lame and predictable.

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